Smoker&#39;s set



Dec. 9, 1941. MAYER r 2,265,811

SMOKERS SET Filed Sept. 27, 1939 INVENTORS RICHARD MAYER JOHN RANDOLPH SCHUCHARDT ATTORNEY 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Y Dec; 9, 1941. R. MAYER ETAL I SMOKERS SET Filed Sept. 27, 1959 2 Sheet s-Sheet 2 l I I I I I a I l I I I I I I I I a 1 I I 10M! III/{numil/ 101000040 I NVENTU R5 I RICHA JOHN RANDO 0 MAYER LPH SCHUCHARDT ATTORNEY Patented Dec. 9, 1941 SMOKERS SET Richard Mayer, New Rochelle, and J ohn Randolph Schuchardt, Bayside, N,Y said Schuchardt assignor to said Mayer Application September 27, 1939, Serial No. 296,714

'7 Claims.

This invention relates to a certain new and useful improvement in smokers sets.

Our invention has for an object the provision of an unique, attractive, economical, conveniently useable smokers combination set including, as a central composite structure, a relatively large ash receiver or bowl, a pipe-reamer, a cushionknocker for facilitating removal of ash and dottle from pipes, and a member providing not only a handle for the reamer and a readily accessible compartment for pipe cleaners, but also a bar upon which a number of smoking pipes may be rested over the tray after smoking to cool and dry out.

Our invention has for another object the provision of an unique pipe cleaning and reaming tool, which will ream and clean out pipe bowls of various difierent diameters and shapes, which will remove the accumulated cake from the pipe bowl without crumbling or cracking the latter, leaving a smooth surfaced cake residue within the bowl as a foundation for the building of a future cake upon subsequent smoking of the pipe, which is constructed for removing any desired. amount of the cake, and which is otherwise highly efficient in the performance of its stated function.

Our invention also has for a further object the provision of a pipe knocker for facilitating the removal of ashes and dottle from the pipe bowl without damaging the wood or other material of which the bowl may be constructed, which is readily cleanable, and which will not become clogged or matted with an accumulation of tarry substances and ashes in the course of successive use.

Our invention has for an additional object the provision of a smokers combination set which is sturdy and rugged in construction, and which provides all of the accessory functions required by a consistent pipe smoker.

And with the above and other objects in view, our invention resides in the novel features of form, construction, arrangement, and combination. of parts presently described and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings (2 sheets),

Figure l is a reduced perspective view of a smokers combination-set constructed in accordance with and embodying our present invention;

Figure 2 is a top plan view of the set;

Figure 3 is a transverse sectional view of the set, taken approximately along the line 3-3, Figure 2 Figure 4 illustrates the set partly in elevation and partly in section approximately along the line 4.--4, Figure 3, at right-angles to Figure 3;

Figures 5, 6, and 7 are detail sectional views of the set taken, respectively, along the lines 5--5, 6-6, and 'l-1, Figure 3;

Figure 8 is a detail sectional view of the set taken approximately along the line 8-8, Figure 4;

and

Figure 9 is a reduced fragmentary view of the set, illustrating the p-ipe-reamer thereof in detached working association with a pipe-bowl.

Referringnow in more detail and by reference characters to the drawings, which illustrate a preferred embodiment of our invention, the set includes a preferably dish-shaped tray or bowl A spun or otherwise constructed of suitable metallic or other material and of selected size and dimensions for facile portability and convenient resting upon an end-table or other support.

Preferably integral with, and rising centrally from, bowl A, as shown, is a tubular chamberproviding post I suitably shouldered at its lower extremity, as at 2 for snugly seating an inverted cap-shaped plug or closure 3. Figures. 3 and 4, the cap 3 is preferably :spherically relieved upon its upper face, as at 4, in the provision of a suitable bottom wall for the chamber a of post land may be readily removed for cleaning and the like.

At or adjacent its upper extremity, and upon. its inner periphery, the post I is preferably for-med with a pair of opposed radially inwardly projecting chord-wise extending shoulders or projections 5, which with the wall of post I provide a mouth 6 into chamber a having the form, as it may be described, of two spaced parallel straight lines arc-wise connected at their ends, as best seen in Figures l, 5, and 6, and for the purposes presently fully appearing.

It will be understood in this connection that the tray A may be constructed in a wide variety of shapes and materials and may be provided with any number of different surface ornamentations as may suit a particular producer or user, and forming a part or component of the set, is

a pipe-reamer B, which includes a knob-like or otherwise contoured head 1 having a disc-shaped bottom wall Or skirt 8 correspondingly sized for attractively seating upon the upwardly presented end of the post I.

Constructed preferably integrally with, and

presented axially from, the skirt or wall 8: and dimensioned for disposition through the mouth 6 of, and for housing within, the post-chamber a,

As best seen in is a rigid reamer-shank 9 of bladelike conformation provided along its opposite side margins with oblique cutting-faces I and curved or arcuate at its lower end in the formation of a cuttingpoint I I, the shank 9 being also provided adjacent the wall 8 with a pair of opposed radial projections or lugs l2 having marginal faces conforming to an arc concentric with, and of slightly smaller radius than, the mouth 6 and for cooperable engagement with and under the lugs on rotatory movement of reamer B relatively to post I for removably securing reamer B upon its seat.

Forming part of the reamer B, and loosely secured, as by a suitably elongated pin or rivet l3, adjacent their respective so-called upper ends upon the opposite side faces of the shank 9, is a pair of additional blades l4 out off squarely at their upper end, as shown, for freely abutting endwise the under face of the skirt or wall 8, the blades l4 conforming in dimensions with, but being slightly shorter in length and slightly greater in transverse width than, the shank or middle blade 9 and .beingpreferably transversely dished and thereby provided with marginal cutting edges l5.

Approximately midway of its length, the shank 9 is provided with a transverse aperture l6, seated in which is a diametrally extending pin l1 supporting a compression spring is presented outwardly at its opposite end-portions from the opposite side faces of the shank 9 and impingingly engaging the presented side faces of the respective blades M for yieldingly urging the same obliquely outwardly for operative reaming or cleaning engagement with pipe-bowls of varying diameters.

The head 1 of reamer B is diametrally bored, as at I9, and snugly accommodated by the bore l9 and extending diametrally equidistantly on either side of the head 1, is a tube C having a length preferably somewhat less than the diameter of the tray A and providing a compartment 17 for conveniently housing a suitable quantity of pipe cleaners c, the tube C being economically closed at its opposite ends by suitable caps 20.

Removably mounted on and over the head I of reamerB, is a ferrule or so-called pipe-knocker D constructed preferably of rubber or other cushioning material, the cushion D preferably having upon its outer face a plurality of embossed ring-shaped or annular ribs 2| and being cut away or apertured in its skirt, as at 22, for accommodating and embracingly engaging the cleaner housing-tube C, all as best seen in Figures 3 and 4.

The tray A and its post i thus provide an eflicient support for other components of the combination set, while in use and practice, the tray A also provides a ready ash receiver or receptacle and the cleaner-housing C furnishes a stand, as it may be said, for accessibly'hanging or depending a number of smoking pipes P to cool and dry out or for other purpose, as illustrated in Figure 1. Further, should it be desired, to clean the stem of a pipe P, one of the tube-caps 20 may be readily detached and a pipe-cleaner c easily removed from the compartment 1) and employed for the purpose mentioned.

Should it become necessary to clean the bowl of a pipe P, the tube 0 and associated reamer B may be firmly and conveniently grasped and rotarily shifted relatively to tray A for disengaging the lugs [2 from the shoulders 5, whereupon the reamer B may be withdrawn from the chamber a, operatively disposed within the particular pipe bowl, as shown in Figure 10, and then easily rotated in either direction to loosen or cut out any so-called pipe-cake. Further, the blades 9, I4, function to progressively cut away the pipecake as the reamer B is inserted into the pipebowl with a rotatory or screwing motion, the blade or shank 9, being somewhat longer than the outer blades l 4, enabling the reaming or cleaning of the bottom of a bowl of deep cross sectional diameter, and, in addition, the outer blades M, being normally outwardly spring-pressed, effectively cleaning out or reaming pipe bowls of varying cross-sectional shape as well as different diameter.

A pipe-bowl being so cleaned, the cushion D presents a ready surface for engaging or knocking the pipe for removal of its contents, the cushion D being easily removable, replaceable, and easy to clean, and of the proper softness as to eliminate any damage to the most fragile of briar pipes when the dottle is being knocked out.

Thus, by our invention, we provide an economical, attractive set meeting most conveniently and eificiently the needs or requirements of every pipe-smoker, and it should be understood that changes in the form, construction, arrangement, and combination of the several parts of the set may be made and substituted for those herein shown and described without departing from the nature and principle of our invention.

Having thus described our invention, what we claimand desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A smokers set comprising a tray having an upstanding chambered post, in combination with a reamer including a head fitting upon the post, a blade depending from said head into, and housed within the chamber of the post, and a handle engaged with the head and extending diametrically of, and in upwardly spaced relation to, the tray to constitute a rack for supporting a plurality of pipes.

2. A smokers set comprising a tray having an upstanding chambered post, in combination with a reamer including a head fitting upon the post, a blade depending from said head into, and housed within, the chamber of the post, and a tubular handle engaged with the head and'extending diametrically of, and in upwardly spaced relation to, the tray to constitute both a rack for supporting a plurality of pipes and a chamber for housing longated pipe cleaners.

3. A smokers tray comprising a post having an upwardly opening chamber and a flange disposed across the upper end of the chamber and provided with an aperture of substantially smaller size than the transverse size of the chamber in the provision of a reduced-size mouth for the chamber, a reamer. co-operable with the tray post having a head adapted for seated engagement upon the post and a shank sized for projecting through the mouth into the chamber and having locking ears optionally engageable with said flange, and a plurality of blades swingably mounted upon the shank adjacent its upper end and sized for slidably engaging the inner face of the chamber mouth as the reamer is inserted thereinto and adapted to swing outwardly for engagement at their free ends with the inner face of the chamber as the reamer head comes into fully seated position on the post.

4. In a device of the character described, a pipe reamer comprising a central shank having an aperture intermediate its ends, a pin extending through, and projecting on opposite sides of, the shank in upwardly spaced relation to the aperture, said pin being provided at its outer ends with enlarged heads, a pair of blades loosely mounted at their upper ends upon the projecting portions of the pins, and a spring secured in, and projecting at its ends from, the aperture for endwise abutment against the inner faces of the blades.

5. A smokers set comprising a tray having an upstanding tubular post, in combination with a reamer, the latter including a head fitting removably upon the post, a blade depending from the head into, and housed within, the post, the head having a diametrically extending bore, and an elongated member snugly fitting intermediate its ends within the bore and extending diametrically of, and in upwardly spaced relation to, the tray for providing an actuating handle for the reamer and constituting a rack for supporting pipes.

6. A smokers set comprising a tray having an upstanding tubular post, in combination with a reamer, the latter including a head fitting removably upon the post, a blade depending from the head into, and housed within, the post, the head having a diametrically extending bore. and a tube snugly fitting intermediate its ends within the bore and extending diametrically of, and in upwardly spaced relation to, the tray for providing both an operating handle for the reamer and a housing for pipe cleaners and constituting a rack for supporting pipes.

'7. A smokers set comprising a tray having an upstanding tubular post, in combination with a reamer, the latter including a head fitting removably upon the post, a blade depending from the head into, and housed within, the post, the head having a diametrically extending bore, and a tube snugly fitting intermediat its ends within the bore and extending diametrically of the tray for providing both an operating handle for the reamer and a housing for pipe cleaners, and a cushion pipe-knocker ferrule fitting upon said head and apertured in the wall thereof for accommodating and embracing said tube.

JOHN RANDOLPH SCHUCHARDT. RICHARD MAYER. 

